No love for Kolsch?

Not just that. But yes im a hop fan.

But i did like the kolsch yeast, makes for a very clean brew and a little fruity character.

I wouldnt think so since a Pilsner is a lager and a kolsch is a Ale

 

I beg of you man, just don't go there -- it's not worth the pain!

 

No, pain. IPL vs IPA simple difference not meant for this thread.

 

Actually... (should I...)... aw, heck... here goes...

Kölsch is warm-fermented (aka top fermented) like an ale, but it is lagered. (Speaking here of actual Kölsch, not mislabeled American blonde ale.)

 

I was more rolling eyes at the need to IPA everything these days.

 

Champion's Killer Kolsch is available in cans here in Richmond. I was thinking now that temperatures are warming up, about going to find some.

I am pretty sure it was a Kolsch I first enjoyed back when Weeping Radish in Nags Head NC served it among several beers made on-premises that I, at the time, was still unknowledgeable about, having mostly enjoyed Rolling Rock or if feeling daring enough, a Dos Equis. . . The bready yeast appeal of that Kolsch poured during a beach trip early 1990s was thoroughly gratifying.

 

Most don't get the chance and base their opinions on beers which aren't Kölsch at all.

 

We all know that's not responsible Beer Advocacy. Well, most of us know.

 

Using a kolsch yeast to make something resembling an American IPA won't make the resulting beer a kolsch... and that's probably why you liked that beer even though you aren't a kolsch fan. Have you tried Barrier's Money (since you're in CT, it's possible that you are near places that get it)? I think that beer uses a kolsch yeast. I'd recommend it.

 

Had Big Sprang from Trillium last night. Heavily dosed with Nelson Sauvin. Hazy, hoppy and high alcohol - Trillium nailed the style

 

It's okay. I don't seek this style out though.

 

Lagered only at the finishing stages of the brewing. sounds llike cold conditioning to me. .

 

also sounds like to me you can not call Kolsch beers Lagers or ales, without mentioning them both. Lagered ale

 

Obergäriges Lagerbier. Top-fermenting Lagerbier in English.

Apologies to those who know this info well, but once again for the uninitiated.

Thanks Ron.

 

This again is what the BJCP says ;
In Germany and other old world brewing centers, the terminology most typically used to differentiate beers is to refer to them as top-fermenting or bottom fermenting . Germans think of ale as a type of English
beer, and lager as a method of conditioning beer. So Germans would typically speak of Kölsch as a top fermenting lager beer, not an ale.
The person who decided to define beer by fermentation pattern or yeast type didn't know much about beer.

 

harpoon summer is a pretty decent kolsch style

 

That is simply not the case. That person knew a lot - yeast strain knowledge and brewing process knowledge.

In many places (non-Germany) beers are characterized by the strain of the yeast used to produce the beer.

Cheers!

 

Did you guys read this because @marquis i stated that.

thanks for the "help" but with your last replies we are clearly on the same page here.

 

You stated ale, as Marquis (and my link) points out, Germans would never call Kölsch an "ale." It's a Top-fermenting Lagerbier.

 

That is knowledge about brewing rather than beer.But he didn't know about the distinction between ale and porter, the German non use of the term ale to describe top fermented beer or that lager is the result of process rather than ingredients.
Germany defines lager thus ;

1. - beer which has undergone lagering, i.e. a long period of cold storage where the temperature is gradually reduced to around 0º C.
2. - a bottom-fermenting beer of around 12º Plato